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Bit unnecessary. It's been proved that the Americans were aware of a plot to attack New York but didn't know how or where until about 2 hours before the attack. You can't stop every terror attack or threat. The war on terror is as winnable as the war on drugs.

I think the issue is that in the UK we have processes for achieving what GCHQ want. If you want to tap someones phone or read their emails, you have to go to a judge and get a warrant and get it signed off. At least then people are going through the motions of getting it checked out. In the US...